Pisces Weekly Fish Report August 13th to 19th

Overall Catch Success Rate 68%

BILLFISH: Full moon combined with 88F waters are giving anglers a hard time. Many clients report they are watching the marlin jump out the water and even play with the bait but they are just not biting. Still, “Shambala” went kite fishing and managed to catch and release one Sailfish and one Striped marlin for Johnny Mac Powers from Rockwall, TX on August 13^th. After that it got pretty slow for billfish, until the 17^th when “Adriana” released a Blue Marlin estimated at 250 lbs and landed 9 Dorados between 25 to 44 lbs for Javier Guzman from Ynez, CA. And on the 18^th, “Great Escape” caught a 350lbs Blue Marlin, the angler fought for over an hour and used a petrolero lure. This week only 30% of the boats caught billfish, a total of 4 striped marlin, one sailfish and two blue marlin, only one was kept by the angler.

OTHER SPECIES: On small game, tuna catches keep dropping as the season ends until they come back later on the year, on the other side, dorado keeps getting better with over 76% of the boats catching this gorgeous and delicious fish. We had some great catches this week, on August 15^th, Dylan Allman (age 9) from Stamford CT caught a 25 lbs dorado and a 65 lbs Wahoo. Fish was caught outside the Old Lighthouse with a grey/green lure. It took him 20 minutes to boat the fish. Same day “CROD” caught a 154 lbs yellowfin tuna for Steve, Heather & Patrick Sack from Chicago IL, they fought for the fish for over 3 hours on 30 lbs test line. We had a couple of rooster fish closer to shore but no other species caught.

LOCATION: Punta Gorda, Destiladeras, Herradura, 11:50, Los Arcos, San Jaime.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: 91F feels like 105, clear skies.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 86 – 88F

BEST LURES: Green petroleros, caballito.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Jorge Narro

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Wahoo 62 lbs Caught by 9 1/2 year old boy

With summer here and the kids off school a lot of parents are looking for a place to take the kids, not too expensive, not too far, lots of outdoor adventure and safe....guess that's why they came up with Cabo, which paid off for 9 1/2 year old Dylan Allman from Stamford, CT who caught an impressive 62 lbs Wahoo today aboard the "Tracy Ann". Fish was caught outside the Old Lighthouse with a grey/green lure. It took him 20 minutes to boat the fish. Seeing as Dylan caught the fish, he gets the spotlight alone first but here he is shown with proud mom and dad.

The Allman family were not the only ones having fun in Cabo, the Sack family from Chicago had their work cut out for the today board "  C Rod" after they hooked a brutish tuna on 30 lb test, 30 miles off of the Old Lighthouse on a live caballito. It too them three hours to bring in this 154 lb yellowfin  - now that's team work!

 

Perfect End To The Day

These two lovely Texan ladies went out on a panga the other day and did really well catching a marlin and a dorado.  We had the dorado delivered to Captain Tony's who do an excellent job as always. Fish prepared several ways, a crisp salad and their signature mesquite oven foccacia.

Testimonial from Chuck Flagg

Thank you for the wonderful day!

I posted my review on my blog as I am a travel agent selling both cruises and all inclusive vacations. We hope to fish with you again when we find ourselves in Cabo. We hope the fishing is better for us!

All my best,

Chuck Flagg

http://theflaggagency.com/blog/2011/08/02/review-pisces-sportfishing-cabo-san-lucas/

PISCES FISH REPORT July 30th to August 5th, 2011

Overall Catch Success Rate 83%

BILLFISH: This week we kept receiving calls from concerned clients about a new storm they saw on the news, however, no sign of rain in Cabo, Thursday was a bit cloudy but no rain at all. The billfish count went up this week with almost 52% of the charters coming back with blue flags. We had an amazing start, the “Tracy Ann” released one Blue marlin estimated at 250lbs and landed two yellow fin tuna for Larry Hemingway from Kingwood TX. Later on the week the “Rebecca” caught a 300lbs Blue for Rick Walsh from Ohio and the next day, the “Adriana” caught a 220lbs Blue marlin for our friend Edward John Friesen from British Columbia, Canada. On August 3^rd the “Great Escape” released one Striped Marlin , one Sailfish and landed 8 Dorados for Allison Baumgarten from Dellaire, TX. “Tracy Ann “ released 3 stripeys on the 5^th for Jillian Rifkin and Chanel Boyd from Los Angeles CA, same day “Ruthless” released 2 striped marlin for our good friend Dr. Jorge Garcia from Chicago IL, “Adriana” released one sailfish and one striped marlin for Kirk & Kristina Erickson from San Jose CA. A total of 23 Billfish were caught, 19 were released.

OTHER SPECIES: Small game catches dropped a little bit this week, 56% of the boats caught Dorado but only 20% of them caught yellow fin tuna. Dorado is scattered all around from Destiladeras on the Sea of Cortes to Elias Calles on the Pacific side. Average catch of Dorado was of 4 fish per boat although “Ruthless” caught 10 of them for Peter Beatle from Tauranga, New Zeland. On July 30^th “La Brisa” caught 6 dorados and a 45lbs Wahoo for Lance Lerud from Great Falls, MT.

Megan Platt's party  with a 50 lb Bull Dorado.

Caught aboard the "Great Escape" 

LOCATION: Sea of Cortes; Destiladeras, Chileno Bay, Herradura, on the Pacific at Los Arcos, 
Golden Gate, Elias Calles.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Hot and sunny except for Thursday with 6 hours of clouds.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 88F

BEST LURES: Purple lures, live bait, cedar plugs.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg & Jorge Narro

Pisces Weekly Fish Report July 23rd to July 29th, 2011

Overall Catch Success Rate 90%

BILLFISH: Hot, hot, hot, hot, this week felt like popcorn in the microwave, one more degree and we would have gone puff! The “storm” we had scheduled for last week didn’t bring anything but heat and little bit of wind on the 23^rd so the authorities decided to close the port that day leaving nothing but frustrated fisherman as the seas were perfectly fit for fishing. Anyway, we had a great start this week, we saw a lot of tuna and dorado flags and a few billfish. “Tracy Ann” released one pacific sailfish estimated at 100lbs and a striped marlin at 140lbs and landed 2 dorados, one of them of 44lbs for our good friends Leocadio Perez and Whadzen Carrasquillo from Puerto Rico. Then on the 26^th “Tracy Ann” caught a 180lbs Blue, 3 tunas, one dorado and released a striped marlin for Michael McKown from Star, ID and Rick Martin from Neenah, WI. Hold on ladies, its Rick, not Ricky Martin. The next day “Ruthless” caught a 250lbs Blue for Tim Dold from Annapolis MD, also released a striped marlin and landed one Dorado and one tuna for his father David Dold. This week 40% of the boats caught billfish, a total of 10 striped marlin, 8 were released, 3 pacific sailfish, all released and 2 blue marlin were kept by the clients.

OTHER SPECIES: Very good week for dorado, 77% of the boats caught at least one, best caches were for “La Brisa” with 7 Dorados between 12-16lbs for Steve Murray and Paul Smulhante from Los Angeles, CA, and for the “C-ROD” with 7 dorados 15-20lbs and 8 skipkacks for the Gallardo Family from Mexico City. Tuna catches droped a little with only 37% of the fleet catching this specie, however we had some nice catches, on the 24^th “Adriana” landed 14 yellowfin between 20-30lbs for Kraig Willett from San Diego, CA, can’t imagine how many BBQ’s he’s gonna throw at home. On the inshore, pangas were catching roosterfish, skipjack, dorado and few yellowfin tuna.

LOCATION: Fish seem to be scattered, boats were fishing from Destiladeras at San Jose del Cabo, all the way to Golden Gate at the Pacific Side. Hot spots in between were Herradura, Chileno Bay, 95spot, Los Arcos, Morro Prieto.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Hot and sunny.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 81 to 83F

BEST LURES: Purple lures, live bait, cedar plugs.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg & Jorge Narro

Great Fishing Today Despite Rough Seas

Summer brings hot days and great fishing action as well as family members for holidays. Shown here is Tracy's niece Victoria, 15 years old with her first saltwater fish, cutting a good impression on the waterfront.

The family were out aboard "Rebecca" despite 18 knot winds today they fared well. Joe Dubeau aged 13 managed to release a 100 lb sailfish that took him twenty minutes to bring to the boat.

The whole family were all smiles back at the dock.



Fish Report July 16th to July 22nd

Overall Catch Success Rate 89%

BILLFISH: At the close of this report, Hurricane Dora was adjacent to our shores and gradually weakening, however we have seen no ill effects. Nevertheless the Port Captain closed the port today, leaving many anglers frustrated, as the seas are fine; yesterday waves were bigger. We were hoping for some much needed rain, but only got a two minute light shower this morning. “Tracy Ann” had a great start to the week, releasing an approximate 200 lb blue marlin, which took a yellow lure, followed by a sailfish and then went on to land thirteen yellow-fin tuna for Christopher and Courtney Nash from Houston, Texas – this couple was pretty tired at the end of the day. A couple of days later,  this same boat released two striped marlin, a lemon shark and boated a 30 lb Dorado for Karen and Breanne Carr from Richmond, also Texas (it’s no secret that Texans tend to be very lucky at fishing in Cabo). On July 19^th, the “C-ROD” released three striped marlin, all rather large at  around 160 lbs for the Thiel family from The Colony, (Texas again). They also brought aboard a couple of smallish dorado for the table. Our good friends and clients Bob Dicheck and David Naccaroto from New York and California, respectively, had a great time aboard “La Brisa”, releasing one marlin and landing eight tuna and one dorado. “Tracy Ann” did it again on July 19^th,  releasing a large blue marlin, estimated at 300 lbs, on the same yellow lure, they had caught their first blue of the week on; this time at San Jaime where they also caught three dorado and two skipjack for John Carroll  & friends from Pittsburgh, NJ.  This was the only boat in our fleet to catch blue marlin this week. Forty six percent of our charters caught billfish this week giving us a total of 15 striped marlin released, 2 blue marlin released, and 5 pacific sailfish; 3 were released.

OTHER SPECIES: This week was a bit slower in regard for quantities of smaller game but the overall catch rate for non-billfish species did climb a little Forty six percent of boats found tuna whilst forty nine percent got a dorado or two. Earlier in the week produced better catches with tuna catches considered good between nine and thirteen tuna. “Andrea” had a nice day with 15 tunas as well as releasing a sailfish for Howard Dickey from Deleon, Texas.  Average catch was two to four tunas per boat and one or two dorado. We had some skipjack and a few rooster fish close to shore.

Captain Orlando Murillo with a 40lbs Dorado

LOCATION: Early in the week the Cortez side, 11:50, Herradura and Cabrillo, by the end of the 

week, on the Pacific side at Margaritas, Old Lighthouse and Los Arcos.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Clear sunny skies most of the week, a bit cloudy by the end.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 81 to 84F

BEST LURES: Blue marlin were caught on yellow lures, live bait for stripers and lures for small game.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg & Jorge Narro

Pisces Weekly Fish Report July 9th to July 15th, 2011

Overall Catch Success Rate 95%


BILLFISH: Another great week to be fishing in Cabo, catches continue to climb overall, though we did see a bit of a drop on billfish catches. We have striped marlin, pacific sailfish, blue marlin and lots of yellowfin tuna. On the 9th, Adriana released the first sailfish of the week for Colonel Ted Simendinger from Denver CO, and it was a big one, estimated at 100 lbs, whereas the norm would be around 60 to 70 lbs, they also caught 6 tunas from 20 to 25lbs. On July 11th, Cabolero was one of the headliners in the fish report again releasing a blue marlin estimated at 360 lbs (not as large as the 650 lb’er they caught last week but nevertheless one of the few blues caught) and landing 4 tunas, making it worthwhile for anglers Derek Barlow who traveled all the way from Western Australia. Cabolero, seems to be on a run right now; they took a trip to the East Cape and released 1 blue marlin, 3 pacific sailfish, 2 striped marlin and boated a Wahoo and one Dorado for Ernie Sandoval, from Rancho Santa Fe, California. Forty four percent of boats caught billfish this week. Striped marlin weighed an average of 130lbs. Pisces boats released 16 out of 19 striped marlin, 2 out of 2 blue marlin and 4 out of 6 pacific sailfish. Making a total of 22 out of 27 billfish released.

OTHER SPECIES: Tuna was great this week, 82% of the boats came back with this species with an average of 3 tunas per boat between 20 to 25 lbs. The catch of the week goes to Captain Rey Winkler on La Brisa, who caught a 200 lbs tuna for Michael & Brian Cole and Mick & Alexa Reed from Norm Bend, Oregon. They fought for it for 5 ½ hours, hooked it up at 8am and finally got it to the boat at 1:30pm. Dorado is making appearance again but not in large quantities, only 30% of the boats caught Dorado between 20 and 40lbs. On the inshore report, pangas are catching mostly tuna and roosterfish, and an occasional sailfish.

LOCATION: Punta Gorda, Destiladeras and Herradura, Sea of Cortes.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Hot, sunny, seas calm, one day light rain.

AVERAGE WATER TEMP: 81 to 84F

BEST LURES: live bait, cedar plugs, green combinations.

Based on the catches of Pisces by Tracy Ehrenberg & Jorge Narro